Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Tidal River

What this video is

Released on 2 March 2022 as the second single from Endless Rooms (Sub Pop, May 2022), 'Tidal River' situates itself within a broader wave of Australian indie rock engaging critically with national identity and environmental politics. The song's title refers to Tidal River in Wilsons Promontory, a site of deep significance to the Gunai/Kurnai and Boonwurrung peoples, who call it Yiruk and Wamoon respectively.…

Why it matters

As a 2022 release from the Melbourne-based five-piece, 'Tidal River' exemplifies the maturation of the post-2010s Australian jangle-pop revival — a movement that drew on the wiry melodicism of The Go-Betweens and The Triffids while absorbing contemporary indie-rock production values. The video's…

The director

Nick Mckk (also known as Nick Mckinlay) is an Australian director, cinematographer, and editor based in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. He is a prominent figure in the Australian indie music video scene, with a body of work spanning Julia Jacklin, Laura…